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Despite sporting Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish as a pair of Australian junkies increasingly on the outs with family, reality, and rent, Candy is a washout.
"...and/or stealing our car stereos. No such luck, though: Candy sports Oscar nominee Ledger and Cornish (of rave-up One..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ethan Embry Licks The Devil's Candy
Cheap Thrills star on his very heavy metal Austin horror
"...straight up white trash." In thrash-infused horror The Devil's Candy, he plays "a kid that did the same thing...."

March 31, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hard Candy
Metaphorically speaking, Little Red Riding Hood eats Humbert Humbert in this story of an online predator and his jailbait, gamine prey.
"...Humbert. That's playwright Brian Nelson's unspoken pitch for Hard Candy, in which an online predator and his jailbait, gamine..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil's Candy
Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town
"...Ostensibly a demonically haunted house horror show, The Devil’s Candy actually subverts that genre’s expected conventions by adding a..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live-Tweet The Devil's Candy With Us
Crank it up to 11 for this horror-metal medley
"...for this week is 2017 satanic shocker The Devil's Candy...."

May 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vodka and Candy: A Match Made in Texas
Tito’s expands past its beverage empire into the world of sweets
"...Two of life’s greatest guilty pleasures are candy and vodka, and that’s the driving sentiment behind the..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Food Post by Alisha McDarris

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Canadian comedy troupe hits the big screen with this movie about the humorous side effects of a new drug.
"...the possible exception of Paramount's head of marketing), Brain Candy is the first in a proposed series of feature-length..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Devil's Candy
Heavy metal against Satan in Austin-filmed horror
"...Trick or Treat cough cough). Hellraising headbanger The Devil's Candy embraces the madness in both, and becomes a true..."

Oct. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Strangers With Candy
The high school comedy of co-creators Dinello, Colbert, and Sedaris is completely over the top in its audacity and absurdity.
"...Jessica Parker, Ian Holm and Kristen Johnston. Strangers With Candy is the kind of TV show and movie that..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Toy Joy Celebrates 30 Years With a Candy Shop Expansion
Yummi Joy will start serving sweets in late August
"...quirky toys and novelties retailer will be expanding its candy department into a freestanding concept called Yummi Joy...."

Aug. 2, 2017 Food Post by Kali Venable

Local Candy Roundup
'Tis the season of your mom's nightmares and your dentist's sweet dreams
"...century, Halloween's marketing geniuses and a secret alliance of candy lovers formed a pact. Rooted in the now permanently..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Candy Hell
Or, it takes a lot of patience to play Mrs. Santa Claus.
"...all too true tale of how I descended into candy hell, creating several days' worth of disasters with the..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Austin Chronic: Ranking Halloween Candy in the Order I Will Devour Them After a Couple of Bong Rips
A fun-sized dopamine release
"...forecast Americans spending a record-breaking $3.6 billion on Halloween candy this year. That's good news, because I plan on..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Dirt Candy Cookbook
Plant yourself in a world of tasty wonders
"...New York City's Dirt Candy isn't a vegetarian restaurant,insists its owner and head chef..."

Nov. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Head to Big Top for all your Halloween candy needs
"...Big Top Candy Shop1706 S. Congress, 462-2220 Daily, 11am-9pm..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

That Dirt Candy Feast Made the Alamo's Mouth Water
Now Austin reels in the implications of a perfect portobello mousse
"...Alamo Drafthouse; and Hendrix is also married to Dirt Candy owner and chef Amanda Cohen; also, Hanlon introduces these..."

Nov. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Now Streaming in Austin: The Devil's Candy
Ethan Embry + Satan + Sunn O))) = tonight's live-tweet
"...power chords for cult classic Austin horror The Devil's Candy. Starring Ethan Embry as a struggling artist taking on..."

May 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Taking Candy From a Saga
"...Candy Crush Saga fever has swept the nation. For months,..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Celebrate Día de los Muertos with sugar skulls from the bakery, or make your own
"...Time required: 10 minutes to make the candy dough...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Big Top Candy Shop
Tis the season for sugar overload
"...You know what Santa got me for Christ­mas? A candy store called Big Top Candy Shop. It's less than..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Food Feature by Rosalind Faires

Sky Candy Takes on Italo Calvino's COSMICOMICS
Aerialist dancers defy gravity in stunning adaptation this weekend
"..."I'd worked with Sky Candy when I directed Midsummer in Motion for the Austin..."

June 18, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Music: I Want Candy
Charli XCX headlined Monday night at Mohawk
"...Wow's… I mean the Strangelove's 1965 hit "I Want Candy" (who knew that song was that old?!)...."

March 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

OMG, What the Hell Is Dirt Candy?
And what's it doing in the Alamo Drafthouse kitchen this weekend?
"...Dirt Candy is the award-winning vegetarian restaurant up there in (the..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Head to Lammes and other local shops for your Halloween goodies
"...course, there are still plenty of bags of name-brand candy in stock at the grocery store, but why not..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
The name says it all
"...A huge candy section features all kinds of sweet madness and sugary..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Heston Blumenthal's Popping-Candy Chocolate Cake
"...For the popping-candy base..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature

The Umlauf x Sky Candy: Burlesque Ball
An elegant night of high-flying finery & bodacious bidding battles
"...has teamed up with the daring dazzlers of Sky Candy to supercharge a slate of live and silent auctions..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Skip the Candy
"...Halloween. This holiday season, try something different: Spend your candy money to help someone. Maybe you will find that..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Postmarks

Eye Candy: Candy Cornbread
Red Bluff Studio Artists Go Pop at the grayDUCK!
"...there near Polvo’s on South First: 
Because the current “Candy Cornbread” show features collaborative prints by Jason Archer, Jaime..."

Sept. 15, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Candy and Contraband in The Pez Outlaw
Sweet treasures at SXSW
"...Glew got a tip. A tip about Pez, the candy with a lighter-shaped dispenser, once promoted as an alternative..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

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